Contents tagged with ASP.NET
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Book Review: ASP.NET MVC in Action
I've had the pleasure of being able to review ASP.NET MVC in Action in it's early access form. If you've not heard of this program, Manning has a program called MEAP (Manning Early Access Program) which allows you to purchase the book before it's published and gain access to it in PDF form as the author makes the chapters available. In this case, I've been reading parts of the book nearly a year before it will be physically published in Sept 2009. I highly recommend checking that out, as I've participated a number of times. In fact, I purchased C# in Depth, 2nd edition over the weekend in MEAP. I have access to the 1st edition via PDF, access to the 2nd edition in PDF, and will receive a hard copy when the 2nd edition is published. An excellent way to receive books in my opinion. Anyway, on to my review of ASP.NET MVC in Action.
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"A Beginner’s Guide: ASP.NET 3.5" Is Here!
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to be the technical editor for McGraw-Hill's <em>A Beginner's Guide: ASP.NET 3.5</em>. After many months of waiting, the final copy hit my doorstep this morning! It's great to see something you worked on in final printed form. It was almost surreal to see my name and bio inside the front cover.
The author, William B. Sanders, did an excellent job with the title and I can't wait to read through it again. Of course, I highly recommend it for anyone that needs an introduction to ASP.NET 3.5.
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Technical Editor for .NET Books
I've had the pleasure over the last few months to perform technical editing for McGraw-Hill on an upcoming ASP.NET 3.5 book aimed towards beginners. This has been my first experience being a part of the process of putting together a book. I really enjoyed doing this kind of work and working with the author in his efforts to bring forth a great book for beginners to learn about ASP.NET, specifically 3.5 material. You can find the pre-order page here on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/ASP-NET-3-5-Beginners-William-Sanders/dp/007159194X).
Today I was given the opportunity to act as the technical editor for another project for McGraw-Hill. I'm definitely looking forward to this book and working with the author. This book will likely publish at the end of this year. Of course I'll give more details once that date approaches.
I'm very interested in continuing to perform technical editing for publishing companies. In the future, I'd really enjoy the opportunity to author my own book. Until then, I'll stick with the editing gigs. If you'd like to hire me as a technical editor, please contact me at cstewart913 [AT] gmail.com. -
Book Review: LINQ Quickly
I've been reading another book from Packt Publishing, called "LINQ Quickly". Again, it's a pretty short book, coming in at 250 pages. The author does a decent job at explaining the basis of LINQ and the various implementations, such as LINQ to SQL, and so on. What would have been a welcome addition to this book is a more practical approach to the technology. Perhaps by building a real application along the way. There is an appendix for just that, but it's a disappointing 7 pages. The book's subtitle mentions it being a practical guide but I didn't see that.
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Book Review: ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed
I've been working my way through "ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed" lately. Although I'm not quite finished, since the book comes in just under 2000 pages, I do feel confident in writing a review.
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Dependency Injection was made for ASP.NET MVC
It's not that you can't use dependency injection in any .NET application, because you can. It's just that dependency injection fits so well in the ASP.NET MVC programming model. While building up a simple example for how my new application would be architecturally designed, I found using dependency injection with Web Forms as troublesome as trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. After some modifications and adjustments, I could get it to work, but it just didn't feel like a solid fit and certainly didn't make me any more productive.
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StructureMap for Dependency Injection
I decided to go with StructureMap as the dependency injection framework for my next project. I choose StructureMap for a number of reasons.
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Which Dependency Injection Framework?
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Book Review: Build Your Own ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site Using C# & VB, 2nd Edition
Over the last few weeks I've been working on finishing the latest book from SitePoint on ASP.NET, "Build Your Own ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site Using C# & VB, 2nd Edition". The authors did a great job on this book. It's fit for a beginner and does a wonderful job of teaching the basics of getting started in ASP.NET. Many books skimp on the things you need before coding can begin, or they leave it out completely. Here you'll find plenty of help and suggestions for using the most modern tools available to a new ASP.NET developer.
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Book Review: ASP.NET Data Presentation Controls Essentials
Not long ago I received an email from someone at Packt Publishing asking if I would review their latest ASP.NET book. I gladly accepted as this is something I'd like to do more of. I have another book on my bedside table waiting for a review and I'm in the middle of performing a technical edit of a book due for publication in July. I'm thoroughly enjoying this kind of work and hope to continue it. More on that in a future entry I imagine.